reactive, not proactive, and dependent on foregone information — Thanks to, among others, Will Lockett and Faisal Khan here in Medium, I keep abreast of developments in alternative sources of energy. In the last few years there have been a plethora of astonishing advances in that area of technology. It has become abundantly clear that we have the capacity…

the Congress with its own domestically oriented army — It’s in our (U.S.) Constitution. Many people don’t realize it, but in the (in)famous Second Amendment of our Constitution, before getting around to a right “to bear Arms,” it reads, “A well regulated Militia being necessary for the security of a free State.” …

Perhaps make a (free) hard copy — copied/pasted, printed — to take along? Food for thought will also be needed. [This article is concerned with the issues involved in deciding on an ethic to govern the governance of a community; the form that governance would take based on the ethic…

Russia, Iran, and China vs. the U.S. — Russia continues, with help from Iran and China (and North Korea) to wage war in Ukraine. Russia and Iran — itself and through Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis — can increase the level of conflict in the Middle East at any time, in various places, and of late China has…

Going Forward Via a Forgotten Idea from a Century Ago — to use the creation of money to put an end to economic instability (recessions/depressions and inflation) [Note: this really is economics without ideology; any guess based on ideology as to all outcomes for society entailed in this proposal will be incorrect.] The economy is like a star, with some forces…

mixing ‘party politics’ with governing — Democratic nations face many challenges. Some are challenges all nations face, such as unemployment, poverty, housing, health care, etc. Others are peculiar to democratic systems of governance. It must be acknowleged that those do add to the difficulty of governing. To a point, at least, non-democratic governments can be indifferent…

of the ongoing debacle in our U.S. House of Representatives — Anyone reading this knows what is happening there. One solution would be for some Representative who is a Republican to resign from that Party and declare to be an Independent and a candidate to be the new Speaker. That person could get all 212 votes of the Democrats in the House. Surely four Republicans — a candidate for Speaker can vote for oneself — could be persuaded to vote for that person, giving him or her the number of votes needed to become Speaker.

by hugely expanding direct participation in potential legislation without having to change the numbers in the House or Senate There are a few ideas afoot in this country for improving elections. …

Perhaps we can just consider (philosophically) a fresh approach to governing governance. — I have written many an essay about a new and better approach to justice. It finally dawned on me that people don’t respond well to that. Obviously, there is something about suggesting such a thing that just causes people to turn away. So let’s forget about ‘justice’. Let’s just think…